File:SafsafOasis SAR comparison.jpg

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Description Two images of the Safsaf Oasis in The Sahara. The top image (taken by the Landat Thematic Mapper) is the surface. The bottom (taken by the Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) on board the Space Shuttle Endeavour on April 16, 1994) is the rock layer underneath, revealing black channels cut by the meandering of an ancient river.
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Source http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=16963
Author NASA/JPL Imaging Radar team.
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    just the SIR-C/X-SAR part of the comparison
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    a wider view of SIR-C/X-SAR data

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